| Nenapugala Maathu Madhura (2025) | 9.7 | |
| Lurk (2009) | 8.4 | |
| Wedding Gift (2022) | 8.6 | |
| Noir (2001) | 7.2 | |
| Day of the Dead (1985) | 7.1 |
Tension movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Premante (2025) | 6.2 | |
| Anali (2026) | 8.9 | |
| First Moon (2025) | 3.2 | |
| Woodwalkers 2 (2026) | 5.7 | |
| The 'Burbs (2026) | 5.7 |
List of tension movies
399
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
'Apology' stars Lesley Anne Warren (with a Stefanie Powers hairdo) as a Manhattan-based sculptor/performance artist. To enhance her latest project, Warren invites the participation of anonymous phone callers, whose voices she records. One ...
Style:
tension, detective, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, confession, female protagonist, stalker, psychopath, obsession, violence, guilt, crime investigation, threat, danger, performance art ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 2085, a grieving mother hires a young ritualist (Kayikci) to bring her son back to life inside an isolated villa where reality fractures, and a forbidden resurrection unleashes a terrifying night : A night of ritual-driven surge of unease and ...
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological, mystic, creepy ...
Plot:
resurrection, isolation, grief, ritual, supernatural, mourning, afterlife, motherhood, occult, paranormal, macabre, nightmare ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Agathe and Paul, on holidays with their children. On a bridge, at the edge of a cliff, a forgotten wallet. A thought, and then dizziness.
Style:
emotional, tension, psychological, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
summer, couples, holiday, introspection, moral dilemma, children, decision, realism, intimate, uncertainty, marriage, slice of life ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. After a doctor's daughter is raped by a concentration camp worker, the Poles allow her and her father to stay in the house that is their ...
Style:
tension, bleak, intense, dramatic, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, post war, trauma, violence, moral dilemma, pow, moral ambiguity, mistrust, conflict, revenge, survival, occupation ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Taiwanese crime drama.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, tension, detective, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, investigation, hostage, fugitive, suspect, police procedural, cat and mouse, conspiracy, betrayal, chase, arson, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, taipei
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, crime drama, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, abduction, contract killer, motherhood, female protagonist, ex husband, rescue mission, desperation, danger, family conflict, rescue, revenge ...
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297
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In 1995, the year before the comprehensive gun ban policy was implemented, the tranquility of Mangya Town was shattered. A notorious bandit leader, who had hidden a massive treasure, broke out of prison. Forty-three ruthless outlaws gathered from ...
Style:
suspense, intense, tension, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
survival, violence, power struggle, outlaw, siege, sandstorm, bandit, showdown, desperation, gunfight, hostage, small town ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A four-day journey turns into a fight for survival. This is a psychological thriller about Ian, who wants to get as far away from humanity as possible, into the New Zealand bush. Some other individuals get attached to him. And he has the feeling ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspense, psychological horror, existential
Plot:
survival, wilderness, isolation, paranoia, anxiety, mind game, character study, mistrust, man versus nature, emotional breakdown, hiking, slow burn ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
TV show
Story:
When a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the secret of this global epidemic, ...
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
sleep deprivation, survival, investigation, isolation, post apocalyptic, epidemic, insomnia, pandemic, paranoia, claustrophobia, night watchman, conspiracy ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A group of climbers embarks on a dangerous climb that has been off-limits for years. What initially begins as an audacious expedition transforms into a battle for survival against a force that toys with them.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological horror
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, mountaineering, isolation, man versus nature, paranoia, claustrophobia, rescue attempt, perseverance, local legend, teleportation, aborigine, rock climbing ...
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4K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When the peaceful married life of a couple is unexpectedly disrupted by two youngsters with criminal inclination, the trials and tribulations connect the mobster lives of Thrissur by becoming a part of vengeance.
Style:
crime thriller, tension, suspense, dark, atmospheric
Plot:
revenge, violence, mobster, confrontation, family drama, retribution, small town, moral ambiguity, power struggle, crime family, survival, law and order
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The true story of how a young girl begins to suspect that her neighbour on a quiet suburban street is fugitive family killer John List.
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, dark, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
fear, true crime, fugitive, danger, cat and mouse, paranoia, small town, double life, predator, investigation, serial killer, cold case ...
Time:
70s, 80s
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The neo-noir thriller EARLY BIRDS tells the story of the two wildly different women Annika and Caro, who become embroiled in a web of unpredictable events following a night out on the town. As the two flee together from the police, drug dealers and ...
Style:
psychological, tension, neo noir, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
night, police, female protagonist, criminal, problem, women, chase, escape, danger, nightlife, survival, violent ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the strange death of her boyfriend and beloved ones, one by one, Clara lives terrified and mistrustful, suspecting revenge from a famous writer she worked with ten years ago. A circle that will only close with the seventh victim.
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspense, intense, dark ...
Plot:
paranoia, revenge, female protagonist, danger, fear, mistrust, obsession, stalking, cat and mouse, secret past, investigation, isolation ...
Place:
latin america
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A dreaded gangster called ‘Ghost’, takes hostage of a prison, and an efficient police officer Chengappa is immediately deputed to solve the issue. And thus begins the cat and mouse chase between an intelligent criminal and a ruthless police ...
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, action thriller, noir
Plot:
jail, police officer, hostage, gangster, cat and mouse, master criminal, siege, investigation, manhunt, law and order, showdown, prison break ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Helen and her daughter Emily reluctantly accompany Helen’s father Stan on a family camping trip, driving deep into the forest for a real outdoors experience, only to have angry landowner Howard arrive and force them to leave. When their RV gets ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival horror, struggle for survival, backwoods, forest, family relations, secret, escape, isolation, danger, deathtrap, female protagonist, death threat ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young, lonely woman misdials a phone number by one digit, calling into a serial killing in progress, the killer latches onto her and involves her telephonically in a string of murders as he heads closer and closer to her home in Boston.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, profiler, murder, danger, stalking, phone terror, stalker, fear, predator, female protagonist, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Single mom, Joanna, teams up with a professor to track down her missing daughter Lizzie, a college student who’s also been working as a cam girl, before it’s too late.
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, thrilling, independent film ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, single mother, missing person, college campus, secret life, danger, single parent, mysterious disappearance, undercover, disappearance, sleuth ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of people sharing a ride accidentally switches cars with a bank robber, who then pursues them to retrieve the stolen money he left in the trunk.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, tension, road movie, suspense ...
Plot:
money, bank robber, stolen money, thief, heist, robbery, criminal, pursuit, chase, loot, danger, bank robbery ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of university students who belong to the same tennis club, Shino Yuta, Sakurada Miki, Sasaki Rinka, Takano Natsu, Fueki Mana, Tachibana Satsuki and Sakurada Wataru, go on a graduation trip to a cottage in the mountains in winter. Although ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tension, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, love triangle, secrets, friendship, relationships, problem, secret, murder mystery, teenage love, love interest, tragic love, teenager ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a long night at the office, an accountant stops to help an injured motorist and ends up becoming the target of two dangerous assassins.
Style:
suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, survival, police corruption, law enforcement, special agent, dishonesty, chases and races, on the run, frame up, murderous pair, accountant, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a gunman enters an Apple Store in the heart of Amsterdam, the police face a delicate challenge to resolve the standoff.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense
Plot:
hostage, bandit, showdown, negotiation, law enforcement, police procedural, siege, moral dilemma, urban, survival, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland, USA
TV show
Story:
A small, Finnish seaside town is preparing to celebrate midsummer's eve. An unknown enemy arrives and takes the entire area hostage.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
military operation, military, conflict, soldier, seaside, hostage, nordic, confrontation, small town, showdown, resilience, moral dilemma ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A weathered CIA agent is thrown into a web of deception when he uncovers a rogue government plot to unleash a deadly drug on humanity.
Style:
suspense, tension, political thriller, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
agent, conspiracy, cia agent, political conspiracy, organized crime, fighting crime, evil plot, plan, drug, spy thriller, cover up, espionage ...
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538
Genre: War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of trust and its absence against the background of events unfolding in Eastern Ukraine in early 2014. The main topic is revealed through the prism of the Luhansk border base, whose fighters the separatists and Russian special services ...
Style:
tension, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
russian army, war, wartime, ukrainian history, conflict, military, trust, betrayal, loyalty, life is a bitch, wartime life, invasion ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Kazuhiko Takano and Ryoichi Taoka are industrial spies. A conspiracy exits behind the technology which can shake the political and economic world in Japan. Takano faces Korean spy Kim, a mysterious woman Ayako and powerful men from various countries.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, tension, captivating, action drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, teamwork, secret agent, conspiracy, industrial espionage, spy mission, advanced technology, intrigue, political unrest, mission, technology ...
Place:
east asia, tokyo
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this single shot thriller, we're in the driver's seat with small-time dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes catastrophically wrong, Budge finds himself in a ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
drug dealer, dealer, criminal, illegal drugs, one last job, going straight, gang, drug deal, race against time, bandit, deal, desperation ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A murderous blackmailer threatens to frame a wealthy widow (Brooke Burns) for her estranged husband's death on a yacht.
Style:
suspense, tension, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, frame up, blackmail, manipulation, blackmailer, murder mystery, murderer, unhappy marriage, dysfunctional marriage, marital separation, marital problem, troubled marriage ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
When a financial titan suddenly finds himself divorced and jobless, he starts robbing his wealthy neighbors to stay afloat. Stealing from his own social circle strangely exhilarates him—but he gradually gets tangled in a deadly web.
Style:
tension, dark, crime drama, dark comedy, noir ...
Plot:
cheating wife, high society, class conflict, moral ambiguity, desperation, downfall, mature, escalation, social satire, greed, heist, home invasion ...
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt ...
Style:
suspense, tension, fast paced, intense, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lapd, law enforcement, investigation, conspiracy, danger, urban, manhunt, urban setting, police procedural, terror, political intrigue, teamwork ...
Place:
los angeles
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